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Summary and audio linked here.
Chicago’s political leadership is floating a pension buyout program as evidence it is seriously addressing the city’s thirty-six-billion-dollar unfunded pension liability, but Mark Glennon, founder of the Illinois policy research organization Wirepoints, said that the proposal moves debt from one column to another rather than reducing it, and that the broader fiscal picture facing the city continues to deteriorate across every measurable dimension. Audio here.
Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
The state’s existing buyout program for its own pensions is the precedent for Chicago, which should be a warning: Look out for similar exaggerated claims and shoddy analysis.
Full interview and summary linked here.
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Funny, I seem to recall Foxx’s office describe a car being used to run over police as not being a deadly weapon. Imagine what would have happened to that criminal if he threw a root beer at the cops?
The Powerful and the Rich are better than the poor. This is living proof of it.
hypocrite [ hip–uh-krit ]
Phonetic (Standard) IPA
noun1. a person who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that they do not actually possess, especially a person whose actions belie stated beliefs.
Hypocrisy is a show of power, a privilege of sorts.
That’s profound, actually.
Well…….now that they proved they can track down a wrong-doer why can’t they find all these shooters???
Imagine having her for a neighbor? Talk about “there goes the neighborhood”.
Be nice if they would use the same effort to catch the perps who killed 19 over July 4th.
Hmm, was the same crew that couldn’t bring a charge against Jussie Smellit?
Wooo they really cracked a big case worthless individual.